POL208Y5 Midterm: POL208 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE

• School: UTM
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL208Y5
• Professor: Spyridon Kotsovilis

Document Summary

Thucydides historian, political philosopher, general who wrote book history of the. Peloponnesian war: armed conflict between athens and sparta (431-404 b. c. e. ) First look at cause and effect: growth of one state, and fear it causes in another. Its about power, athenians bully melians to join their side because they are stronger than the other: melians want to stay out of it, they want to remain neutral. Machiavelli italian historical, politician, philosopher during the renaissance who wrote. Eeks the (cid:862)effe(cid:272)tual t(cid:396)uth of the (cid:373)atte(cid:396) (cid:396)athe(cid:396) tha(cid:374) the i(cid:373)agi(cid:374)ed o(cid:374)e(cid:863) Replaces virtue (what ought to be) with virt (ability, vigour, power) in the realm of politics. Thomas hobbes philosopher who wrote book leviathan. The (cid:858)a(cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:272)hi(cid:272)(cid:859) state of (cid:374)atu(cid:396)e: means there are no constraints on an individual"s behavior (natural state, one of war) whether for gain, safety, or reputation, power-seeking i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals (cid:449)ill (cid:862)e(cid:374)dea(cid:448)o(cid:396) to dest(cid:396)o(cid:455) o(cid:396) su(cid:271)due o(cid:374)e a(cid:374)othe(cid:396)(cid:863) (cid:894)le(cid:448)iatha(cid:374), xiii. Prevailing over others is necessary for one"s survival.